tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post9060867215955196858..comments2018-03-18T22:01:15.752-04:00Comments on Jollett Etc.: Sepia Saturday: Barred From ServiceWendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-19662637314959762862014-01-30T19:03:53.249-05:002014-01-30T19:03:53.249-05:00What a sad story with a mystery to be solved. I&#...What a sad story with a mystery to be solved. I&#39;ve seen several occasions where the draft registration shows a different date of birth than the actual date of birth. Wouldn&#39;t the person registering know his own birth date?Debi Austenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17409492643470603926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-18828324881408657312014-01-23T22:34:44.464-05:002014-01-23T22:34:44.464-05:00Sherman&#39;s story was sad enough but it just got...Sherman&#39;s story was sad enough but it just got sadder and sadder as I read the comments. May he rest in peace.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-75968904866012731912014-01-22T10:47:08.163-05:002014-01-22T10:47:08.163-05:00Its really impossible to put a &#39;Positive&#39; ...Its really impossible to put a &#39;Positive&#39; Spin on Sherman&#39;s sad history.However, the wonder is (given the horrors of the Trenches) that all survivors didnt end up in some sort of Mental Heath care after the War.That Sherman did, at least is testiment to the fact that he had people around him that noticed &amp; cared for him. tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746435400444226665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-82969904435624503572014-01-20T19:32:30.985-05:002014-01-20T19:32:30.985-05:00I don&#39;t understand the lying about his date of...I don&#39;t understand the lying about his date of birth. Surely he would have known it. He was 3 in the 1900 census, so I do believe the tombstone to be correct. Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-59778863079592888012014-01-20T12:16:37.215-05:002014-01-20T12:16:37.215-05:00You certainly have an enigma here.
He lied about ...You certainly have an enigma here. <br />He lied about his birthday, <br />but his reason for the exemption? <br />Bad writing doesn&#39;t help here... <br />Pity he ended up in another kind of hell. <br />Our McGill university and Royal Victoria hospital also conducted experiments, <br />for the CIA apparently, or so I&#39;ve heard...TICKLEBEARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09607511642101907283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-11746561057742623312014-01-20T09:03:58.450-05:002014-01-20T09:03:58.450-05:00Gassed or not, many soldiers young and old probabl...Gassed or not, many soldiers young and old probably saw horrible things that haunted them forever. Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-57487777395684437942014-01-20T09:02:59.432-05:002014-01-20T09:02:59.432-05:00If I think too hard on it, my head starts spinning...If I think too hard on it, my head starts spinning. I have to remind myself that some mysteries will remain just that.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-66802834599271221312014-01-20T09:01:12.000-05:002014-01-20T09:01:12.000-05:00Even more puzzling than whether the gassing was fa...Even more puzzling than whether the gassing was factual is the registration. Maybe every man had to register regardless. I have found registration cards for men in my family that seem too old to be of service, but what do I know?Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-17072607782058265752014-01-20T08:58:40.171-05:002014-01-20T08:58:40.171-05:00Yes, that observation about the archives just make...Yes, that observation about the archives just makes me more curious to learn more.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-16588630764306527292014-01-20T08:57:48.637-05:002014-01-20T08:57:48.637-05:00I know!I know!Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-44185416640670642122014-01-20T08:57:30.365-05:002014-01-20T08:57:30.365-05:00Yes, it&#39;s no wonder so many descendants report...Yes, it&#39;s no wonder so many descendants report that their grandfather/uncle/whoever never spoke of their war experiences.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-44400613168124726162014-01-20T08:53:19.427-05:002014-01-20T08:53:19.427-05:00Yes, it does sound like a sad life -- a long time ...Yes, it does sound like a sad life -- a long time to be hospitalized.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-69155760467323789282014-01-20T08:52:47.652-05:002014-01-20T08:52:47.652-05:00So true!So true!Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-66824623956236832192014-01-20T08:52:28.203-05:002014-01-20T08:52:28.203-05:00As I just responded to Postcardy, I&#39;m beginnin...As I just responded to Postcardy, I&#39;m beginning to think Sherman didn&#39;t go to war at all. In fact, I just discovered that he was still listed in the city directories for 1917 and 1918. So I do wonder if over time the family thought being gassed in the war made his troubles more socially acceptable. However, he was in government hospitals, so he apparently served in the Navy long enough to qualify. Now I REALLY need to dig into this story!Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-75267243395719961082014-01-20T08:44:36.571-05:002014-01-20T08:44:36.571-05:00Funny you should say that -- I have been thinking ...Funny you should say that -- I have been thinking the same thing. These Jolletts wouldn&#39;t be the first to try to cover up some other ugly truth.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-14353738258280570912014-01-20T08:43:31.387-05:002014-01-20T08:43:31.387-05:00I&#39;m sure the stigma was significant. Still is...I&#39;m sure the stigma was significant. Still is. And thanks to all our privacy laws and HIPAA regulations, we have almost daily reports of school shootings and family homicides. Don&#39;t get me started.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-65735258174947826272014-01-20T08:40:42.813-05:002014-01-20T08:40:42.813-05:00Reading everyone&#39;s comments is making me want ...Reading everyone&#39;s comments is making me want to spend more time researching poor ol&#39; Sherman.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-73052640647893321112014-01-20T08:39:17.754-05:002014-01-20T08:39:17.754-05:00I&#39;m beginning to think you might be right abou...I&#39;m beginning to think you might be right about his mental health.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-12063040422846297292014-01-20T08:38:39.959-05:002014-01-20T08:38:39.959-05:00The actual date is faded, but it&#39;s listed amon...The actual date is faded, but it&#39;s listed among draft cards 1917-1918. Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-43670845558798229092014-01-20T08:33:22.840-05:002014-01-20T08:33:22.840-05:00I wonder if that dot was just a stray mark. What ...I wonder if that dot was just a stray mark. What looks like a second &quot;r&quot; seems heavy, as if Sherman was correcting his spelling.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-27994075179549946642014-01-20T06:49:45.167-05:002014-01-20T06:49:45.167-05:00There must have been so many of the survivors like...There must have been so many of the survivors like Charles, who never recovered from the effects of their war experience, however brief their actual service may have been.Jo Featherstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290597697140624780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-58545787881523970852014-01-19T14:25:13.124-05:002014-01-19T14:25:13.124-05:00I can see why this fascinates you Wendy. Like the ...I can see why this fascinates you Wendy. Like the others I have no idea why he wrote that word, and in fact we probably never will know the real answer, but it’s an intriguing, if sad, story nonetheless. Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-13147513461085110452014-01-18T21:35:26.075-05:002014-01-18T21:35:26.075-05:00This is a baffling case. I don&#39;t know what to ...This is a baffling case. I don&#39;t know what to make of it. Like you, I don&#39;t understand why Charles would have filled out this registration form if he had already served in the Great War for 1/2 a year. Maybe it was during that 1/2 a year that he was gassed and was barred from serving again? Do you have his service record during WW1 and know the circumstances of when he got gassed during the war? As to why he would fill out this form, maybe he thought he had to anyway, even though he had already served? A misunderstand perhaps? I don&#39;t know. It&#39;s puzzling.<br />Jana Lasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687969613629975601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-10750324952721863212014-01-18T16:28:19.081-05:002014-01-18T16:28:19.081-05:00I have read that many lived out their lives in th...I have read that many lived out their lives in these type of institutions which were sometimes called sanitoriums...I agree with Mike&#39;s comment some relatives leave nothing behind but questions. I have some of those too and I suspect Sherman bit&#39;s and pieces still leave much unanswered. It is odd he does not appear in any military archives?Patrica Ball Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093078029028920810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-84663036038670196202014-01-18T14:06:37.111-05:002014-01-18T14:06:37.111-05:00A sad story, but it reveals many mysteries that he...A sad story, but it reveals many mysteries that help make family history such an absorbing an fascinating hobby. ScotSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01412874349376253984noreply@blogger.com